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yes, if you want to say "you have" (polite) it looks exactly the same like "they have" except of the fact that in you-case "S" is capital.
Sie haben = you have
sie haben = they have
But if it is the first word of sentence, of course you cannot see the difference.

Yes, you definitely can. Although I see basically no practial application for that ;).

A bit more specific:
"eine/einen" always defines, that the count of that object is one, but an unspecific one. You don't know if it's the new york times, sun, or whatever newspaper there might be. To say "one newspaper" would sound to me like if you wanted to express that you only took one of a pile of the same newspapers (because you could take more, if you wanted to bring them to your friends).

When the verb is in the singular form, it's "she". When the verb is in the plural, it means "they". Sie hat vs. Sie haben = she has vs. they have.

On a side note, Sie haben can also mean "you have" in singular and plural in the polite address: Sie haben da eine Nudel im Gesicht means, is spoken to someone you have a noodle there on you face (which btw. is the start of an incredibly funny video from a German comedian from the 80's). Context is everything.

Here, why wouldn't you put Besitzen? In an example where it read "i have water," it translated to "ich besitze Wasser" instead of "ich habe Wasser" because Besitzen applies to ownership, but why wouldn't you put it here?